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Lycurgus himself, who once governed the Spartan
state, established his laws by authority of Apollo's
Delphic oracle, and Lysander, who wished to repeal
them, was prevented from doing so by the religious
scruples of the people. Moreover, the Spartan
rulers, not content with their deliberations when
awake, used to sleep in a shrine of Pasiphaƫ which
is situated in a field near the city, in order to dream
there, because they believed that oracles received
in repose were true.
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